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President Bola Tinubu on Saturday cautioned Nigerian universities against indiscriminate award of honorary Doctorate Degrees.
He said such activity is a sabotage which undermines the very core values of academic integrity.
He stated this at the combined convocation ceremonies for the 6th, 7th, and 8th graduates of the students of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital on Saturday.
He said, “Moral training and ethical standards must be coupled with the best form of academic development for universities to fulfill its purpose.
“Therefore, universities management and the general environments of teaching and learning must model the highest standard of integrity, probity and moral discipline.
“In this connection, I must draw your attention to the tendency of some institutions to devalue the quality of their degrees by given out honorary Doctorate Degrees indiscriminately against the common universities community practice.”
President Tinubu has also pleged to always respond positivity to needs of universities and its communities in order to reposition things for better outputs.”
